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About the eHealth Initiative
- About This Website
  Who we are, what we do
- Our Purpose and Objectives
  The eHealth goals
- The Initiatives
  The partners, the programs, the projects
- eHealth Acronym Glossary
  The language of eHealth
- Cal eConnect
  Powering California’s HIE
Making HIE Happen
- For Healthcare Providers
  Incentives, programs and opportunities
- Patients
  Reaping the Benefits
- Workforce
  Vendors, businesses, and providers
- Vendors & Businesses
  Put eHealth into action
- California's eHealth Plans
  Read the strategic and operational plans
Our Partners
- California HIT Partners
  Working toward a common goal
- Associations
  Supporting our partners
- CA Organizational Landscape
  How we’re all connected
- Federal Partners
  Sources of funding
Health Workforce
- Vendors & Businesses
  Get started in eHealth Today
- Employment/Internships
  Make eHealth work for you
News & Events
- Events Calendar
  Get involved, stay in touch
- California eHealth news
  Articles and press releases
- Stakeholder Webinars
  2012 Webinar Schedule, slides, audio and more

What California's eHealth Initiative means for you

Providers

Making eHealth Work for You

Navigating the eHealth options for your hospital, clinic, or practice can be confusing. We can help. Learn how electronic health information and the Health Information Exchange (HIE) can work for you.

Patients

Better Care Through Technology

A new era of health reform along with revolutionary, user-friendly and interactive technologies such as the internet have dramatically changed the healthcare landscape for patients, families, and communities. Health information technology now makes it possible for patients and their providers to better manage and coordinate care through secure and confidential use of electronic health records (EHRs) instead of paper medical records. Many creative, convenient devices and electronic tools including personal health records (PHRs) are also being applied by thousands of consumers to communicate more directly with care teams in every setting where care is delivered...
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Vendors

New Projects, New Opportunities

Vendor opportunities are available through various State of California agencies and nonprofit eHealth organizations that are involved in the coordination and implementation of Health Information Exchange (HIE) in California. Each of these entities procure products and services from vendors in order to achieve their designated objectives.

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Workforce

New Technology Creating Jobs

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act seeks to improve American health care delivery and patient care through an unprecedented investment in health information technology. The provisions of the HITECH Act are specifically designed to work together to provide the necessary assistance and technical support to providers, enable coordination and alignment within and among states, establish connectivity to the public health community in case of emergencies, and assure the workforce is properly trained and equipped to be meaningful users of EHRs.
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California eHealth News

HITEC-LA Service Partner Reaches Milestone of Delivering $1 Million in EHR Assistance
05/15/2012

LOS ANGELES – HITEC-LA announced that All Medical Solutions (AMS), one of its Service Partners, achieved a major milestone of delivering over $1 million in technical assistance to 650 HITEC-LA member health care providers. HITEC-LA’s goal is to help 3,000 eligible primary care providers in Los Angeles County implement and meaningfully use certified electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014.

You can find the press release at HITEC LA website.

Provider Application Deadline Extended to March 31, 2012

In order to enable more providers to register for the 2011 program year, the deadline for application has been extended to March 31, 2012. However, providers must have documentation of adopting, implementing, or upgrading to certified EHR technology that was signed by December 31, 2011 in order to take advantage of this extension.

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Useful Group and Clinic Documents

The following documents are available to aid groups and clinics in their registration process:

Providers and hospitals can be assured that these launch dates will not affect the total amount of payments although they may affect the timing of payments. Applicants must register at the CMS Registration & Attestation Site prior to registering in the SLR.

Upcoming Health IT Events

Jun8 Cal eConnect Board Meeting

Jun14 Monthly CHHS Stakeholder Webinar

Jun28 COREC Advisory Committee Meeting

Jul12 Monthly CHHS Stakeholder Webinar

Aug9 Monthly CHHS Stakeholder Webinar

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From the eHealth Twitter

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REC? HIT? ARRA? Learn the
meanings behind the eHealth acronyms.

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eHealth Partner Organizations click on a logo to learn more

Offers information on agency programs and functions, including social services, emergency medical services, child support, mental health, and disability.

This private nonprofit corporation provides leadership and oversight of development and support of health information exchange (HIE) policies and services.

Works together with state departments, agencies, local health departments, and other organizations to establish safe and secure health information.

Provides Regional Extension Center (REC) services to all of California except Los Angeles and Orange County.

A public-private partnership designed to help meet California’s emerging health workforce needs.

Develops new privacy and security standards to enable the adoption and application of HIE in California.

Administers health insurance programs for low-income families, children, seniors and persons with disabilities in Orange County.

A designated sub-grantee of the National Indian Health Board and a federally designated Regional Extension Center that provides health care for rural tribes and native health service organizations in California.

A nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization that works to improve the health of rural Californians and the quality and accessibility of the heath care they receive.

A nonprofit agency funded through the Federal Communications Commission to build a high speed telecommunications infrastructure and service availability to improve access to health care in rural and underserved areas in California.

The Department's Office of Health Information Technology (DHCS OHIT) develops, tracks, runs and administers the Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentives program.

The federally-designated HIT Regional Extension Center (REC) for Los Angeles County charged with helping doctors and primary care providers purchase, implement and use electronic health.

Provides funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure.